New York Times - Dec 20 2020

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Clues Answers
'And, touching ___, make blessed my rude hand': Romeo HERS
'Holy cow!' MYGOSH
'I'm here to help' USEME
'Lost ___ is never found again': Benjamin Franklin TIME
'My luck has to change at some point' IMDUE
'South Pacific' hero EMILE
'That was Zen, this is ___' (philosophy pun) TAO
'The Tempest' king ALONSO
1904 World's Fair city: Abbr STL
2014 film directed by Ava DuVernay SELMA
A halogen-containing salt IODATE
Actress Taylor of 'Mystic Pizza' LILI
Address with dots URL
Alley ___ OOP
Appointment that may be hard to change SETDATE
Ballpark figures UMPS
Be less than ambitious AIMLOW
Biblical ending ETH
Big name in small planes CESSNA
Brit. military award DSO
By the end of 1996, one million of this toy was sold in a shopping frenzy TICKLEMEELMO
Calf-eteria? LEA
Chichi ARTY
City in north-central Florida OCALA
Classic comics teen with good manners ETTAKETT
Cleanliness fixation, e.g., in brief OCD
Combined INONE
Contented sigh AAH
Counters REBUTS
Currency of Thailand BAHT
Curve ARC
Day to play with new toys CHRISTMAS
Dr. Fauci's agcy NIH
Driver around Hollywood ADAM
Feed lines to CUE
Final authority SAYSO
First toy to be advertised on TV MRPOTATOHEAD
Flag carrier with an alphabetically ordered name KLM
Flint is a form of it SILICA
Food ___ (Thanksgiving feeling) COMA
Future J.D.'s hurdle LSAT
Game that got a big boost when Johnny Carson demonstrated it with Eva Gabor on 'The Tonight Show' TWISTER
Game with red and yellow cards UNO
Give up (on) PUNT
Glenn Miller classic INTHEMOOD
Goes after HASAT
Goes off ERRS
Golf great Sam SNEAD
Grannies NANAS
Harlem attraction, with 'the' APOLLO
Inaccurate information BADDATA
Indiana governor Holcomb ERIC
Investment firm T. ___ Price ROWE
Its box once read 'A sweet little game for sweet little folks' CANDYLAND
Kiss BUSS
Lasting impression SCAR
Legal assistant, briefly PARA
Like subway walls, often TILED
Little bits TADS
Longest-serving Israeli prime minister, familiarly BIBI
Loyally following TRUETO
Major talent grp. representing athletes and entertainers CAA
Mild, light-colored cigar CLARO
Minus SANS
Moonfish OPAH
Most common day to call in sick: Abbr MON
Natl. Humor Month APR
Not just available online ATSTORES
Not on solid ground, say ASEA
One whistling while working in the Garden? REF
Clues Answers
One who hasn't turned pro? ANTI
Open hostilities HOTWAR
Operatic villains, often BASSI
Org. with boosters NASA
Outpourings SPATES
Overplays, with 'up' HAMS
Performed a Latin ballroom dance SAMBAED
Phillies div NLEAST
Photo finishes SEPIAS
Physical, e.g EXAM
Piece in the game go STONE
Place for torn-off wrapping paper TRASH
Poli ___ SCI
Politician parodied by Dana Carvey on 1990s 'S.N.L.' ROSSPEROT
Premiere arrival LIMO
Promoting peace IRENIC
Purchases on 14 de febrero ROSAS
Puzzle toy solved in a record 3.47 seconds in 2018 RUBIKSCUBE
Reason for glasses MYOPIA
Rhodes of the Rhodes scholarship CECIL
Rigging pole SPAR
Right away STAT
Sacking site in A.D. 410 ROME
Schlepped TOTED
See the sights TOUR
She debuted on March 9, 1959, in a black-and-white striped swimsuit BARBIEDOLL
Shopping site with a 'Toys' section EBAY
Shot from a doc HYPO
Showy shrub AZALEA
Sierra ___ LEONE
Sight from the Sicilian town of Taormina ETNA
Simian world APEDOM
Singer with a self-titled #1 album in 2002 ASHANTI
Small snare drums TABORS
Smart SASSY
Something to shoot for IDEAL
Soon ANYDAY
Spring event THAW
St. Patrick's home EIRE
Statement of resistance OHMSLAW
Straddling ATOP
Strong adhesive EPOXY
Strong criticism FLAK
Subj. for some aspiring bilinguals ESL
Suffix suggested by the wiggling of one's hand ISH
Swimsuit part BRA
Textile worker DYER
The beginning, in an idiom SCRATCH
They can elevate art EASELS
Things found in wandering souls? AEIOU
Tik___ (app) TOK
Took care of a tabby, say CATSAT
Totaled RANTO
Toy that astronauts brought to space to secure tools in zero gravity SILLYPUTTY
Toy that sold more cars in America in 1991 than the Honda Accord or Ford Taurus COZYCOUPE
Toy that was derived from a wallpaper cleaner PLAYDOH
Toy that was originally called 'L'Écran Magique' ('The Magic Screen') ETCHASKETCH
Toy with 18 spoken phrases, including 'I love you' and 'May I have a cookie?' CHATTYCATHY
Trim ADORN
U.S. city just south of Timpanogos Cave National Monument OREM
U.S./U.K. divider: Abbr ATL
Umpteen MANY
Virtual pet simulation game that won an Ig Nobel prize for its Japanese creators TAMAGOTCHI
William ___, founder of Investor's Business Daily ONEIL
With some downside ATARISK
Writer Arthur Conan ___ DOYLE
[Grrr!] IMSOMAD
___ area, part of the brain linked to speech production BROCAS
___ treatment SPA
___-Locka, Fla OPA